The Hazards of Fluoridated Water — Letter to The Editor The Legislature should take action to prevent exposure to the inert perfluoroalkylated substances, (“Bill aims to slow spread of PFAS,” Gazette, Mar. 7), but it should also tackle the flip side of the fluoride coin — the reactive sodium fluoride and other fluoride products we deliberately add to drinking water supplies to reduce tooth decay. These chemical products also disturb the thyroid gland and are linked to cancer, but the greatest concern is prenatal exposure to fluoride. UMass biology professor and thyroid expert Tom Zoeller recently co-authored an analysis of a Canadian mother-infant database that concluded, “Fluoride in drinking water was associated with increased risk of hypothyroidism in pregnant women. Thyroid disruption may contribute to developmental neurotoxicity of fluoride.” After years of study, the National Toxicology Program concluded that fluoride is a presumed ”neurodevelopmental hazard to humans.” In contrast to the difficulties of ending PFAS exposure, water fluoridation can be ended by just turning off the chemical tap. Read more: Fluoride Action Network (https://fluoridealert.org/news/the-hazards-of-fluoridated-water/), MDPI Medical Journal: (https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/14/2920) #Fluoride #Fluoridation #water #chemicals #EPA #FAN #FluorideActionNetwork #Neurotoxicity #NTP

Over the last few years, scientists are only now beginning to scratch the surface of understanding PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Referred to as “forever chemicals,” they seem to be in everything we use on a daily basis.

Eating just one portion of freshwater fish — such as a catfish, trout, or salmon — could expose people to a tremendous amount of harmful chemical compounds, a new study warns. #PFAS

Just over a year after a leak of JP-8 jet fuel from the US Navy’s Red Hill Bill Fuel Storage Facility into the aquifer in Halawa, Oahu, and just over a week after a PFAS fire suppressant foam leak (which contain appropriately named “forever chemicals”) from the same facility… Today we Walk for Wai (water) More specifically, our basic human right to clean water.

Earlier this year, the EPA announced that “Forever Chemicals” (PFAS) were more dangerous than the agency originally thought.